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tall
CEFRA1
/tɔːl/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Having greater than average height.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailHaving a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).), Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent.
Examples
You are as tall as I am.
You're as tall as your father.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [tʰoːɫ]
- /taːl/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsHaving a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
Having a top that is far up (contrast: deep (having a bottom that is far down' ).)
Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be deemed tall.)
More examples
In contextBeing tall is an advantage in basketball.
Tall trees, at least about 30m high.
How tall you are!
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English tall, talle, tal (“seemly, becoming, handsome, good-looking, excellent, good, valiant, lively in speech, bold, great, large, big”), from Old English *tæl, ġetæl (“swift, ready, having mastery of”), from Proto-Germanic *talaz (“submissive, pliable, obedient”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, reckon”). Cognate with Scots tal (“high, lofty, tall”), Old Frisian tel (“swift”), Old Saxon gital (“quick”), Old High German gizal (“active, agile”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 (untals, “indocile, disobedient”). The Oxford English Dictionary notes: "The sense development [of tall] is remarkable, but is paralleled more or less by that of other adjectives ex...